Video: "Touch Photography: Capturing The Feel Of Surfaces"

If
you can see something on your computer, why shouldn't you be able to
feel it? "Touch is an important part of the sensory experience of being
a human,” says Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, Skirkanich Assistant
Professor of Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Applied
Mechanics. With support from the NSF, Kuchenbecker is working on
capturing how an object feels and recreating those sensations so that
you can feel a virtual version of the object through a computer and
other devices. Watch the Video